AraC protein: A love-hate relationship

BioEssays

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 274-282

  Schleif, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DNA;

ALLOSTERISM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ARABINOSE; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037337551     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10237     Document Type: Review

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